Ethical Superstore

Info:  At our core, we are committed to helping you, the ethical consumer, 'buy what you believe'. You can choose from the widest range of the finest quality fair trade, organic, and eco friendly products. We strive to provide you with a simple and secure online shopping experience, together with a fast and flexible delivery service. We’re always looking for ways to minimize the impact our service has on the environment – we’re working to make our packaging as eco-friendly as possible and we even offer a service to carbon offset our deliveries to you. We realise it can be confusing deciding which ethical products to buy and what information to believe, so we do our best to share product background information to help you make informed ethical purchasing decisions. We’re committed to providing you with comprehensive and accurate information about the ethical credentials of the products and brands we sell. Given how important it is to be open and accurate with this type of information, we will be creating opportunities for you to get involved in this important area of our community.

Ethical Threads

Info:  Our ethos is simple, we are committed to ensuring that everyone involved in the production of our garments gets a fair deal. Our shirts are high quality, ethically sourced, and sweat-shop free.

We supply T-shirts both plain and printed to your specification requirements at competitive prices. We now supply shirts to many other artists, campaign groups, venues, festivals, unions and NGOs. Customers include Amnesty International, The National Film Theatre and Glastonbury Festival.

Ethical is a very broad term, and initially our main concern was the fair treatment of workers all the way through the supply chain, using international labour standards as our guide. Though this is very much still the case, we have broadened our policy to include environmental and health concerns, and now intend to phase in entirely organic cotton stock. We are determined to use fair trade certified cotton, where possible, so that the farmers who toil in the fields receive a fair price for their part.

99% of our business is wholesale -- let us print or embroider your T-shirt when you buy wholesale.

Ethical Trading Company

Info:  We are a BAFTS recognised importer with an on-line shop. Ethical Trading Company designs and sources stylish, exquisitely made fair trade clothing, accessories, jewellery, journals and home-ware. Providing work and training to those previously living below the poverty line in India and Zimbabwe enabling people to support themselves and their families. Working in ways that have the lowest environmental impact and reinvesting into areas of greatest need in the communities they work: in healthcare, water and sanitation programmes and education.

Fairysteps

Info:  We send handmade leather fairy shoes, bags, belts and accessories to discerning customers across the globe. Individually and meticulously made in the deep fairy infested woods of merry England, they add that special whimsical touch to all fairy / Elven / Pixie / Medieval ensembles. Making sure you look Fairy perfect from top to toe!

A large selection of bags, shoes, purses, belts and accessories are held in stock for instant purchase with many products (including the fairy shoes) available as Made To Order in your choice of colour, size, and optional decorative extras, making them as utterly unique as you!

Leather uppers are made using the highest quality materials sourced from reputable dealers who assure me that they themselves source from equally reputable dealers. Accessory and shoe patterns are all drafted on recycled card collected from various sources.

forever amano

Info:  Make uniquely handcrafted knitwear, clothing and accessories with a soft handle and texture, using skilled artisans in South America. Countless hours and years of knitting experience go into every piece. There is thought and integrity in the process of creating these precious and distinctive garments. These items are limited editions and take days to make which make them truly individual and special in times where mass production is prolific.

Amano have introduced new yarns over the years, offering knitwear in recycled hemp and denim, cotton, organic cotton, cotton linens, wool, wool and the luxurious alpaca blends, almost all yarns being sourced in South America.

Buying an Amano sweater or garment from Bolivia is the end of a process that takes the wearer to the heart of the Andes. One must remember that Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a very undeveloped economy, where political stability is dependent on the generosity of the powerful nations of the west. Despite these limitations, Amano and Yumiko have established a brand of knitwear  that is an expression of love and character.

Fowberry Alpacas

Info:  Situated in North Yorkshire, Northern England, within reach of the border with Scotland, we have, within our eighty alpacas, one of the largest herds of AAA (Australian Alpaca Association Inc.) registered alpacas in the United Kingdom, including the inaugural Scottish National Alpaca Champion.

Whilst alpaca breeding and selecting our alpacas primarily for superior fleece characteristics and excellent conformation, we also have an eye to quality colour -- from our Australian coloured females and also from our home grown colours which include black, grey, rose-grey, and various shades of browns and fawns. Our cria have genetics drawn from the very best bloodlines currently available worldwide and include our multi prize-winning Australian-bred Alpaca Stud Males. Not only do our offspring have the backing of years of quality breeding in their pedigrees, but are given every care, attention and encouragement to fulfil their potential as healthy, happy and productive members of our herd.

Our pure, un-dyed alpaca fleece is organically processed to protect the natural lustre and elasticity of this luxuriously soft fibre. Our yarn is made into a range of hand-knitted, hand-woven and crochet alpaca garments: from alpaca ponchos to alpaca scarves, alpaca gloves, alpaca hats, along with many other hand made products.

Frank & Faith

Info:  Is a Dorset based, socially conscious clothing label launched in Autumn 2006 by fashion designer and buyer, Faith, and her chartered accountant husband, Frank. Our founding philosophy is that our clothes look beautiful and fashionable, and are manufactured in an ethical and sustainable way. Our clothes will always use organic, recycled or sustainable yarns and fabrics, be made ethically, and with equal importance – will always be fashionable.

Our aim is to produce clothing ethically by manufacturing in Britain. The usage of our "Made in Britain" label further promotes locally produced goods and industries. This enables us to be sure our garments are made fairly, as all manufacturing falls under UK labour laws (including the minimum wage), EU labour directives and International Labour Organization conventions. In addition we can easily visit our factories to assess working conditions on a regular basis. This protects the Frank & Faith brand from “Sweat Shop” manufacturing.

Frank & Faith support and nurture small factories and businesses in Britain. These are often in areas of deprived communities with high unemployment. Our aim is to retain specialist skills fast disappearing in the British Isles. This also provides work for people who have trained to this skill set in the UK. A further benefit is the reduced environmental cost of transporting raw materials and clothing around the world. Our garments have significantly less “clothes miles” than many garments manufactured in the Far East.